Aintree Parish Playing Field
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Getting here
53.48162, -2.93827
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle, Blue-tailed Damselfly +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Elder, Ribwort Plantain +220 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
159 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Waterloo to BootleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 810Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network
Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Radial Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Middle OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
Outer OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef OLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
16,494 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,494 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Coot · Woodpigeon · Kingfisher · Magpie +3
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Brown Hawker
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Mugwort · Yarrow · False Oat-grass · Prickly Sow-thistle · Rosebay Willowherb +106
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,494 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Coot · Woodpigeon · Kingfisher · Magpie +3
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Brown Hawker
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Mugwort · Yarrow · False Oat-grass · Prickly Sow-thistle · Rosebay Willowherb +106
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaSticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2025SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025AppleMalus domestica2025AppleMalus domestica2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025Hybrid ReedmaceTypha angustifolia x latifolia = T. x glauca2025Hybrid ReedmaceTypha angustifolia x latifolia = T. x glauca2025Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Hedera helixHedera helix2025Hedera helixHedera helix2025Common OracheAtriplex patula2025Common OracheAtriplex patula2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2025Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2025ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata2025Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Water DockRumex hydrolapathum2025Water DockRumex hydrolapathum2025Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis2025Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025Lactuca serriola f. integrifoliaLactuca serriola f. integrifolia2025Lactuca serriola f. integrifoliaLactuca serriola f. integrifolia2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2025